Saturday, July 11, 2015

If you liked Bill and Barack, you're gonna love Hillary

Hillary Clinton’s campaign is shifting into high gear as she
prepares to make a major speech on economic policies this Monday.There’s no question Clinton is running her
campaign following the blueprint her husband and Obama used to reach the White
House: Tack left through the primaries, shift slightly right during the
campaign then, after inauguration day, jump swiftly back to the middle. It
worked for Bill and Barack, so why not?

The one wild card that Hillary faces which the other
Democrats did not is Bernie Sanders. His presence in the campaign and his
surging popularity are going to force the Clinton camp to grapple with
difficult policy issues that normally they would not need to if the competitor
were another neoliberal Democrat. And that is the best part about Bernie’s
presence in the race. Bernie wants to talk about raising the minimum wage,
taxing the wealthy, not letting banks off the hook when they commit crimes,
more financial regulations, clamping down on Wall Street, all topics that
Clinton would merely tip-toe around if Bernie wasn’t poking the hornet’s nest.

Hillary is the establishment Democrat, the candidate Wall
Street and the corporate elite know they can reason with when push comes to
shove. Like Obama, she’ll appoint a host of Washington and Wall Street veterans
(former BC people) as advisors and in cabinet positions. She is, ultimately,
not going to rock the boat. Sanders, on the other hand, is a threat to the
status quo and for that reason, will not be allowed into the White House.

If you like what we got with Bill and Barack, then you
should support Hillary. I do not, and will not.